Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1991 Mazda MPV submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 16 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
THE FRONT WHEEL SKIDDED AND THE FRONT BRAKE LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING ON LIGHT SNOW COVERED HIGHWAY. IT CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO BECOME IMMOBILIZED. THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO MANEUVER THE CAR AND IT OVERTURNED. *TR
WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER HAD TO STOP SUDDENLY AND APPLIED BRAKE PEDAL ABRUPTLY. THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED AND CONSUMER COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE BRAKES LOCKED UP. TS
WHILE TRAVELING AND WHEN DEPRESSING BRAKES THERE WAS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO RUN INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK THE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 45 MPH AT THE TIME THE BRAKE FAILED. *YH
WHILE DRIVING STEPPED ON BRAKE PEDAL, AND IT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. VEHICLE HAS REAR ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM, BUT THE SYSTEM WILL LOCK UP. THIS HAS HAPPENED EACH TIME BRAKES WERE PRESSED HARD. LEFT REASR WHEEL LOCKS UP, AND APPLICATION OF BRAKES CAUSE SIDEWAYS SKID. PROBLEM REOCCURRED AFTER MANY BRAKE REPLACEMENTS. RECALL WAS RECEIVED FOR THIS PROBLEM. *AK *ML
CRACKED ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD.
ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED.
VEHICLE HAS HAD NUMEROUS BRAKE JOBS BECAUSE OF THE IMPROPER RECALL REMEDY. THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN WEARING OUT IN THE FRONT BECAUSE THE REAR IS NOT OPERATING PROPERLY. *AK
TONY KOPLANS MAZDA, 92V-027 SAFETY RECALL DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *AK
ABS BRAKES; HOW TO USE BRAKES NOT LISTED IN OWNERS MANUAL. UPON APPLYING BRAKES (PUMPING) BRAKES FAILED. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
RECALL 92V027000 DID NOT CONTROL THE LOSS OF ABS BRAKE SYSTEM, REPLACE/REPAIR 6 DIFFERENT TIMES, TO NO AVAIL. TT
ABS WARNING LIGHT WOULDN'T GO OUT. *DSH
EXPERIENCE VIBRATION IN THE WHEEL WHEN GOING DOWN HILL, REPLACE BRAKE/PADS TO NO AVAIL, DEALER KNOW SAID IT IS THE ROTORS. TT
REAR BRAKE LINING FAILED PRIOR TO/AFTER RECALL REPAIRS (92V-027). *AK
CONTINIOUS FAILURE OF BRAKE ROTORS/PADS, CAUSING BRAKES TO LOCK UP WHEN APPLIED ON WET ROADS. *AW
REAR CENTER BENCH SEAT BOLTS POPPED OUT DURING ABOVE ACCIDENT.
ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. *AK
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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